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LIA FELIX (1830– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 239 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FELIX (1830– )  , See also:French actress, was the third See also:sister and the See also:pupil of the See also:great See also:Rachel . She had hardly been given any trial when, by See also:chance, she was called on to create the leading woman's See also:part in Lamartine's See also:Toussaint Louverture at the See also:Porte St See also:Martin on the 6th of See also:April 1850 . The See also:play did not make a See also:hit, but the See also:young actress was favourably noticed, and several important parts were immediately entrusted to her . She soon came to be recognized as one of the best comediennes in See also:Paris . Rachel took Lia to See also:America with her to play second parts, and on returning to Paris she played at several of the See also:principal theatres, although her See also:health compelled her to retire for several years . When she reappeared at the Gaiete in the See also:title-role of Jules See also:Barbier's Jeanne d'Arc she had an enormous success .

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